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- Referencenod to comics or other movies
- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- Behind the scenesA $1,600 short opened the door
Before the feature, Sam Raimi shot the short Within the Woods for $1,600 to win over investors. The feature, then titled Book of the Dead, cost about $375,000.
source ↗ - CameoThe producer became the hero
Bruce Campbell was cast as Ash because, as a producer too, he was the only actor willing to stay for the entire shoot. The rest of the cast came from an ad in the Detroit News.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesCoffee in the fake blood
Makeup artist Tom Sullivan built many of the foam latex effects and added coffee to the traditional fake-blood recipe of corn syrup and food coloring.
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- Behind the scenesStephen King asked for the money
King had written a glowing review of the first film. When he heard the sequel couldn't find funding, he called producer Dino De Laurentiis and asked him to bankroll it. The budget came to $3.6 million.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe medieval idea waited
Raimi wanted to send Ash to the Middle Ages right here, but the studio asked for something close to the original. The medieval idea was shelved and became Army of Darkness.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesAfter the Crimewave flop
Raimi, Tapert and Campbell only went back to the sequel after Crimewave (1985), co-written with the Coen brothers, drew little interest. They knew another flop would stall their careers for good.
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- Behind the scenesThe original ending was different
In the planned ending, Ash drinks seven drops of the potion instead of six and wakes up in a ruined London. Universal found it too bleak, and the film got its upbeat theatrical ending.
source ↗ - ReferenceFrom Mark Twain to the Three Stooges
Raimi drew on A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Gulliver's Travels, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Jason and the Argonauts and the Three Stooges.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesMedieval Dead
The working title was Medieval Dead. The name Army of Darkness came from an idea by Irvin Shapiro, the series' publicist, back during Evil Dead II.
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- Behind the scenesRaimi directs the pilot
Sam Raimi directed the first episode, El Jefe, which premiered on Starz on 10/31/2015. The series is set about 30 years after Army of Darkness.
source ↗ - CameoLucy Lawless and Samara Weaving
Lucy Lawless joins the main cast alongside Ray Santiago and Dana DeLorenzo. Samara Weaving plays Heather, the sole survivor of a hiking group, this season.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe hand returns
The severed hand Ash lost in Evil Dead II returns, alive and making trouble. In one episode it even guides those chasing him.
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- CameoAsh's father
Lee Majors joins as Brock Williams, the father Ash hasn't seen in 30 years. The season takes the story to Elk Grove, his hometown.
source ↗ - CameoTed Raimi as Chet
Ted Raimi, Sam's brother, has popped up since the films in cameos and as the famous fake Shemp. Here he plays Chet Kaminski, an old friend of Ash's.
source ↗ - SetupBaal arrives
Joel Tobeck plays Baal, a demon and Ruby's ex-husband who wants the Necronomicon for himself. The season sets both sides against each other.
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- CameoA daughter for Ash
Arielle Carver-O'Neill plays Brandy, the daughter Ash never knew. Katrina Hobbs plays her mother, Candace, and Lindsay Farris joins as Dalton, of the Knights of Sumeria.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe end of the series
Starz renewed the third season in October 2016, but the series was cancelled in April 2018. It ran 30 episodes in total.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe animated revival isn't happening
Bruce Campbell announced an animated series in 2022 with him back as Ash's voice. On 08/15/2026 he confirmed it is not happening and that he has retired from the role.
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- Behind the scenesAlmost everything is real
Fede Álvarez says the film used no CGI apart from touch-ups. It was 70 nights of shooting, with magic and illusion tricks instead of digital effects.
source ↗ - CameoDiablo Cody on the dialogue
Álvarez and Rodo Sayagues wrote the script, and Diablo Cody tweaked the dialogue to sound American. Lily Collins left the role of Mia, and Jane Levy stepped in.
source ↗ - SetupAsh's car is still there
Álvarez explains the film continues the original, and the echoes of 1981 are not coincidences but fate created by the evil book. Ash's old car is still there, rusting away.
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- Behind the scenesIt was meant for streaming
Lee Cronin was handpicked by Raimi after they worked together on 50 States of Fright. The project, then called Evil Dead Now, was once planned for HBO Max but hit theaters on 04/21/2023.
source ↗ - CameoNell Fisher's debut
Lily Sullivan and Alyssa Sutherland play the estranged sisters. Nell Fisher, who plays youngest child Kassie, makes her film debut.
source ↗ - SetupThree records from 1923
The book turns up alongside three 1923 phonograph records in which a priest describes his attempts to study the Naturom Demonto. The records explain what is happening in the building.
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- CameoBruce Campbell and Alyssa Sutherland
Bruce Campbell is an executive producer and appears in photographs. Alyssa Sutherland returns in a cameo as Ellie Bixler, the Deadite from Evil Dead Rise.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesShot in New Zealand
Filming ran from 07/22 to 10/17/2025 in New Zealand. The budget was $20 million, and the film grossed $72.4 million worldwide. The film's house became a Universal Halloween Horror Nights 2026 attraction.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesA French twist
Director Sébastien Vaniček, of Infested, co-wrote the script with Florent Bernard. Raimi and Rob Tapert produce, and the score is by the French duo Double Danger.
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